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| [title] ISO writing application acquisition | |
| - | [* black] Get a ***8-16GB*** flash drive. While 8GB will be plenty for the guide, 16GB drives are going to be more common and usually do not cost much more. It will also last you a bit longer then the 8GB drives will, depending on the distro you choose. If your drive is used, you can get by with a 4GB USB drive for this guide. |
| - | [* black] To write the ISO to the drive, download [https://rufus.akeo.ie/|Rufus]. This is going to be the main utility that gets used and is recommended over many legacy utilities. |
| - | [* black] Download the program you have decided to use. Put it somewhere you can quickly find it later. |
| - | [* icon_note] ***Note on USB drive condition.*** This guide was written around use of a new USB drive, rather then reuse of an old drive. While used drives will work, you will probably want to format it before writing an ISO to the drive. This altered order will be 5/6/7/1/2/3/4 or 8/1/2/3/4. If you use Rufus, you should not have to manually format the drive. |
| + | [* black] Get a ***8-16GB*** flash drive. While an 8GB drive is far more then you need, 16GB drives are usually not much more expensive. Both drives also allow you to preload firmware files and programs you use on the drive, so you always have local copies. ***Note: While an 8-16GB drive is recommended, a 4GB drive is sufficient for the plain OS.*** |
| + | [* black] To write the ISO to the drive, download [https://rufus.akeo.ie/|Rufus]. Put this program somewhere where you can easily find it for later. |
| + | [* icon_note] ***Note on USB drive condition.*** This guide was written with the intention to use a new USB drive. A used drive can be used, but formatting them in advance is recommended. |